Canada Had Sought to Deport Suspect in Train Plot

Canadian authorities tried and failed nearly a decade ago to deport one of the two suspects arrested this week in an alleged plot to derail train service between Toronto and New York City, according to official documents.

The suspect, Raed Jaser, was arrested in 2004 and ordered deported after several fraud-related convictions, according to a transcript from his detention-review hearing reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. But the deportation was held up when he argued to the arbitration board that he was stateless, as a...